The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 19, 1939, Page 2

2 CANADA K is that nea ha quad nurse They're pictured sitting at Hecla—Jay, Jean, James and rybody has been overloo it f 0. cially Aberdeen on a fen Joan, borr [ 1e Galveston “twins’ Mona, Mary and Carl, and Don- THE NATION'S OLDEST sets of quads met at t Roberta Ber right they're 2d Anthony nard e e UNITED STATES HAS SIX SETS OF QUAD 1AY BRAG, BUT CANNOTREACH THIS 5! People have been going around that while Canada has its the Unitad States is doing well too—with its five sets of quints, pretty quads. Well State of, them 'has publicity, "“that's earch' after the t Te Badgetts unearthed the sixth set in South Dakota. Usuaily Born Prematurely arch also unearthed the fact that headquarters of the Am- erican Medical Association all these qu the grow science. “Most children of multiple birth are prematurely born,” it s “The premature child used to die because doctors didn't know how to care for him. There are more quadruplets living today because medicine knows better how to take care of premature babies.” Five states are blessed with quad- ruplets: Texas (with two sets), Ok~ lahoma, South Dakota, New Jersey and Michigan. The Keys sisters of Oklahoma, id to be the only quads ch maturity. They're but they don't expect break them up—just that isnt true. The United has SIX s missed mosi of the alll’ A little re- efficiency of medical marriage to vt All of the quads come from mod- est homes; most of them have other brothers and sisters. Those whose education is in progress are get- ting musical training. They Don’t Come Often Yale's Dr. William Greulich gives, a of the frequency of multiple s, He found twins occurred once cases: triplets once in 7)628; quadruplets once in 670,734; quin- tuplets once in 41,600,000, There are but four authentic births of sextup- lets and 35 of quintuplets wherein all of the children lived. s ‘of quads—one recenit birth 'of thinks 1ds are a testimonidl to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR REMEMBER HER, FO in mid-February, 1935, was rushed to Fall River, M stomach. Not~ 16; she’s a young lady and was cho: SHealth week June 26-July 1. She’s 5'8” tall, UR YEARS AGO? she’s Alye ass., for an operal sen in New York weighs 116 pounds and U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vieiity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., April 19: Rain tonight and Thursday; moderate southerly winds. Weather forecast for Soutbeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Thurs- day; moderate southerly winds except fresh over Dixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, Frederick Sound, Chatham Strait and Lynn Canal. forecast ¢f winds wiong the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Fresh south and southwest winds tonight and Thursday along the —coast from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hin:hinbrook. LOCAL DATA Temp. Humidity 42 ; 38 93 42 8 RADIO REPORTS H TODAY 4am. Precip. temp. velocity 24 hrs. 38 20 A8 34 4 01 24 03 28 04 32 g2 30 0 34 05 40 0 32 36 38 " Weather Li. Rain 'Lt. Rain Claudy Barppieter 3043 3044 30.37 Time 3430 p.m. yest'y 4:30 a.m. today Noon today Wind Velocity SE 124 S 4 S 8 4am. r Weather Gloudy Lt{Rain LL.Enuw Cloudy Cloudy Clear Lt. Rain Cloudy Cloudy Lt.Rain Lt. Rain Lowest 4am. temp. 36 34 22 {Max. tempt. Siation last 24 hours | Atka Anchorage Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Duteh Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau . Sitka & e Jane McHenry of Omaha who tion righting her “upside down” as poster girl for the Swim-for has a 25-inch waist. 28 126 agies lasaaldsss Italy Invades "Ibania Poland Fears Germany Wants Danzig And Polish Corridor Turkey Reported In Deal’(‘lirh France For Alexandretta WRLD Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 36 38 04 .04 Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco . New York Washington ER R ; | | | | | | | | | WEATHER SYNOPSIS v A ridge of high air pressure extended from Canadian, ‘Northwest Territory southward over Southeast ‘Alaska, southwestern Canada and the Pacific Coast states this morning with the highest reported pres- sure, 30.48 inches, at both Ketchikan and Langara Island. The baro- meter was low over all Alaska except the southeastern portion, also over central Canada with the centers over the Bering Sea and over Hudson’s Bay, respectively. Light snow or rain has been general over Alaska and along the coast to Queen Charlotte Sound, also over the region west of Hudson's Bay during the last 24 hours. Temperatures were warmer over the Aleutian Islands and the Prince William Sound region but somewhat colder over the rest of Alaska last night. Juneau, April 20.—Sunrise, 4:37 d.m.; sunset, 7:23 pm. Texa from colle Perricones, the to0, and to play the one of Beaumont luated TEXAS GOT ITS SECOND SET of qu Th W E deett ~yee 1 dad last sing y squads, ordion. They babies reports But before you grab a pencil to| figure up how many other babies| were being born while the U. S. s getting its six sets:-of quads, | look over these 24 folks that ar- jrived in six storkloads— born at LINDY GETS . oo of Gal lon arrived February 1. it appeared his next project would be CALL; WILL GOON DU]Y‘I D TOM DYER NEW [Chena Slough Is |Showing Signs PRESIDENT OF Showing: ROTARY cLu ® Presking recters fi?& Slate o Officers-Dr. White- | [ | | | Interior, is something that has lot of Alaskans puzzled every year. Reports to the Weather Bureau from Fairbanks today, however, |presage an early breakup, with the When the ice will go out in the| BIG MOOSE STILL LORDING IT OVER FEDERAL CORRIDOR The Territorial museum’s magni- ficent new Tonzona moose still stood | forlornly in the first floor corridor | of the Federal Building today. Cus- | todian recruit enough manpower last night to carry the huge animal and his cement base up two flights of stairs to the museum. | Tonight the moose herders will| pm\'e another try at boosting the | specimen up the stairway. Kate Smith Autographs Song For Governor “To His Excellency Governor John W. Troy from Kate Smith” reads an inscription penned on a copy off Irving Berlin’s new song “God Bless George Gullufsen couldn't'\America" which was sent to the Governor by the widely known song- stress. Kate attached a letter asking |the Governor to do what he could towards reawakening _ patriotism, which she says has been stirred by "the song. g head, Vice-Pres. 1chenu Slough at Fairbanks, in (LOUDS HIDE SUN'S & sukiers ol Done ey evE e o scholasshipe to Texas universities await e | S€Crefary of War Orders! {broken condition. MISS POTJER FETED babies—left to right, Jeanetle, Jeraldine, Joan gnd Jo, THE! PRETTY GIRLS BUSY WITH HOMEWORK daughters of Constable and Mrs, C. A. Morlok. They're third them to lead norma! ! dance, but they Edna A, Sarah C, V ), the initials c B T RDINAND AND FRANK KAS Emil, has quite but FELIX, FRANCES, ¥ ‘Th the WPA blue-eved 9, 1936, KAI SHEK SAYS NIPPON ARMIES WILL WEAR OUT China Will Fight Unfil Her"cn. Liberty Is Won, Gen- eral Declares CHUNKING, April 18—Gener: issimo Chiang Kai Shek said tod; “Under the existing circumstances Since eggs vary in volume it peace is impossi " in ihe Chinese- | best to measure them instead of Japanese war now ‘n its 22nd mouth. | using a given number. From 8 to “In Jess than 22 months, Japan|10 egg whites will fill a cup. R arc . problem in e some busine Pare lish and German. nts have helped $ praltie away in a m econd rate general added urely coming er be able d to a lor Cher dawn.” the Shek reiter o continue ted the liberty determin- tight until and inde- er rve in checking the Jap- anese advances from South China to Mongolia on the north, e ; i [ | } \ | New Jerse s them and two other children on his $17-a-week job with are German-American, and the hiond, The Kasper gquartet was born May hopes of | t Colonel fo Study Avia- tion Research | WASHINGTON, April 19—Secre- I'tary of War Harry H. Woodring, an- nounces he has called reserve Col. in-order to make a survey of avia- "tion research facilities in the United | | States. he Morlok quadruplets of Lansing, Mich, «ders in the public sehool. Mamma watits not allowed to perform much. Left to right, ung the order of their births, May 19, 1930. prideful quartet from Passaic. MARKS OPENING OF ALASKA AIR MAIL A display commemorating the first official flight of air mail from.Ju- neau to Fairanks a year ago was assembled in a frame on the Terri- torial museum wall today by M. S. . Whittier on behalf of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. The decorated leather pouch which carried mail on the first flight is centered in the frame, surrounded by photographs and special covers marking the event, The flight was made May 3, 1938. | Col. Lindbergh is reported to have | immediately begun an inspection trip | of fesearch’ centers with his first destination’ unannounced, although f‘ it was presumed he would go direct- Ty to Wright Pield. | “The hero'of American aviation is Ebtderéd_w make a confidential re- port to' Major General Henry H. | Arnold, Chieéf of the Air Corps. “The annoéuncement by Seceretary { Woodring followed testimony of wit- ‘nesses: before Congressional commit- tees that Germany is building better airplanes than the United State: Col. Lindbergh is known to believe that foreign advances have been largely made because of coordinat- 'ed research, while in the United | States, such:research is disorganized. ) SHIFTS AT WORK ON SEWER PROJECT HERE ‘Sommers! Crew Opens Up 300 Eeet of Difch on Willoughby Working ‘two' shifts, the R. J. Sommers - Construction Company yesterday epened up some 300 feet of ditch along Willoughby Avenue for a City sewer. A power shovel is at work on the job, which start- ed at the Eureka Apartments and is proceeding toward the Gold Creek bridge. | Trdffic 1s peing detoured around the Standard Oil plant and the ball. park. Jim Doyle, foreman for the L. J. Dowell Company, which is to pave the street after the new con- crete sewer is laid is preparing to do preliminary work such as in- stalling drains. ¢ 'SHOWER 15 BEING " GIVEN FOR BRIDE Mrs. Robert Henning is entertain- ing a few women friends this even- ing at her home on Basin Road, in honor of Mrs. Seott Ford, recent ,’lbridnl arrival in Juneau. Try an Empire ad, The shower will be miscellaneous. One large lead has been noted | above town, another smaller one | Tom Dyer was erected President | of the Juneau Rotary Club yester-|pelow, and numerous fractures else- day by the Club’s new Board of [where, Directors, which took over the reins| There is no snow on the ground from the old Board at a luncheon |a¢ the airport. | meeting at Perc i 3 Cafe. Dyer suc-| |ceeds E. J. “Kelly” Blake. | | Dr. W. M. Whitehead is the new | | Vice President of the Club. The Rev. | John L. Cauble was reelected Sec-| | retary-Treasurer and C. H. Met-| calfe was named Sergeant-at-Arms. | Members of the new Board of Dir-| 2 % ectors are Dyer, Whitehead, J. ©.| The motorship Jakobi is berthed {Cooper, W. L. Grisham, Ernest Par- |3t the Upper City Float today after | being towed in from Point Hilda on sons’ and Keith Wildes. | | Tomorrow Rotarians will meet with |the West shore of Douglas Island. Captain Tom Smith drifted |the Juneau Chamber of Commerce | at the Baranof Hotel in a joint ashore while seeking the source of luncheon meeting to outline plans|engine trouble he had been experi- ‘Inr entertaining the 101st district |encing, -going on the beach at an conference which is to be held here unusualiy high stage of tide. |May 18 to 20, He was aground for several days ~ ATy, | before noticed by passing gasboats, {and had been unable to float his MUSETH BLOWS OUT CHANNEL TO FLOAT MOTORSHIP YAKOBI ECLIPSE FROMVIEW | wiTH LINEN SHOWER For Miss Marie Potjer, bride-elect HERE THIS MORNING of Gene Covey, Mrs. Robert Stoft Only appreciable effect on Ju-| 1 {xic’s i and Mrs. Fred Axford entertained neau -af yRils: oknidge. ec e OfHast evening with a linen shower at the sun was that the skies were . + Mrs, Stoft’s residence in the Triangle made cven darker than fhey were Abartments. sletadhcue & heayy felouds bangn Fourteen guests were present for mil?:e:cfixecfiy;flre S gh wmchmw occasion and many lovely gifts 92 per cent of the sun’s surface ‘Was | Were recevied by the honoree. ?hm& covered by the moon, was not vis 45 Shesers eoiid DRIRE, Y pay; ible here during any of the time from | 9uring the evening, and s lunch- eon was served by the hostesses. 6:10 t;)tB:ZA ;‘c}(wkt;‘t was illm hpm-; gress. It was darker than usual how- | - NORLAND STRIKES | \ REEF, UNDAMAGED ever between 7 and 8 o'clock. .- — I. Goldstein’s halibuter Norland STAG PARTY HELD FoR GE“E COVEY‘struck on Rose Reef, near Ketchi- Honoring Gene Covey, whose mar- | to riage to Miss Marle Potjer will be | ko Vesterdey, while R, J.P.MNEILES -~ | - CHOSEN TO HEAD | ~ PELICAN PLANT, \Raatikainen Announces| | Name of Cold Storage Manager Today | J. P. McNeil, veteran Alaska can- | |neryman and cold storage expert, | | wlil be manager of the Pelican Cold | Storage Company at Lisianski In- let, it was announced today by Charl- | Raatikainen, Vice-President ‘and organizer of the company. Raatikainen returned on the; Northland from a trip to Seattle to iron out arrangements for initiation of operations at the Chichagof Is- land plant with Henry Roden, Presi- dent of the company. | While in Seattle, McNeil, well known here, was chosen to manage | the company’s operations that will include the most modern cold stor-| age equipment’ available. | McNeil operated a cannery at Taku several years ago, installed the plant of the Sitka cold storage, and | has been associated with Booth Fish- | eries for two decades. He will come north in the near future with a load of machinery to be installed at Pelican City. Raatikainen will leave for Pelican City ‘'on 'his packer, the Pelican, sometime tomorrow, after the arri- val of the freighter Tongass, on which there is a load of freight for the cold storage project. ———.—— The Forest Service Radio Lab- oratory at Portland, Ore., has de- | veloped a bell-ringing radio through | the use of an earthquake echo cam- era (geophysical recording oscillo~ scope). which records sound vibra- tions from an underground explos- | | | . an event this evening, a stag party craft on succeeding tides. was held last evening in the As_[i:rc:::dlcnfls;) lto ;m:rk;a ;edcveillzed today Henry Museth, of the Dupoco, |sembly. A number of Mr. Covey's : a channel to tidewater, then towed | casion and the evening was spent|.o.qiteq the hull making no water. the Yakobi to Juneau yesterday. in playing cards. ¢ 4 7 Mussolini Promises Peace in Mediterranean ot AR Great Britain is reliably reported to have accepted a promise by Premier Mussolini to keep peace in the Balkans and the Mediterranean area. Authoritative persons said Il Duce repeated his pledge to remove troops from Spain and halt his invading ‘soldiers at the Albanian-Greek frontier. In London, Turkish envoys asked for an immediate British guarantee against Nazi-Fascist aggression. FPhoto shows first line of ships of the British navy which however are enrcute to Greek and Turkish ports, including the ion, i Greek island of Corfu, at the mouth of the Adriatic, .